Visitors' boss Silva was more unhappy about some of the rough treatment his players received, with Iceland star Gylfi Sigurdsson now set to miss international duty after being brutally fouled by Jorginho.

Silva said: “You think Bernard, at that size, could do something? I didn’t see.

Rudiger hits the deck clutching his face after the flashpoint with Bernard (Image: Getty)

“We have already played twice with 10 men this season. But what did you think about Jorginho?

“I don’t want to come here to talk just about the referee. It was a tough match. We came here to try to challenge our opponent. We did a good step. We could do better in the future, but we made a good step today towards challenging teams like Chelsea in the future.”

Everton did battle bravely for their point and Silva praised his team’s resilience and, in particular, that of England keeper Jordan Pickford.

Ref Kevin Friend ended up booking both players over the incident (Image: Reuters)

He added: “I think we deserved a point. We showed good organisation. First half we did really well, good shape every time. What we asked our players, they put on the pitch.

“Pickford is good news for England, and very good news for us as well. Good performance. As a team, we did well. We could do better in the final third, even if we were playing a good side today.

“We knew how difficult it would be to play against them. They’re scoring and creating chances, especially at home. We had our chances, with the quality we had on the ball.

“They created more problems when they changed Hazard’s position, but after we changed our formation we controlled better. We could have done better to score ourselves, because we have the quality to do that.”